Battle of Berlin

Soviet · Supreme Commander

Joseph Stalin

Иосиф Сталин

Leader of the Soviet Union; set the boundary between the two Fronts

Life
1878 – 1953disputed
Appears on
13 days
Wikidata
Q855

On the datesBirth year disputed. Official Soviet records gave 1879; Gori church records give 1878, which most scholarship now follows.

Joseph Stalin, Supreme Commander. Leader of the Soviet Union; set the boundary between the two Fronts.

In the day-by-day account

  1. Introduction The Battle of Berlin 1945: Introduction
  2. 01 Monday, 16 April 1945 The Soviet Offensive Begins
  3. 02 Tuesday, 17 April 1945 Zhukov Struggles To Break Out
  4. 03 Wednesday, 18 April 1945 Zhukov & Konev Advance
  5. 04 Thursday, 19 April 1945 Through The ‘Gates Of Berlin’
  6. 06 Saturday, 21 April 1945 Red Army Troops Reach Berlin
  7. 07 Sunday, 22 April 1945 The Red Army Grinds Into Berlin’s Suburbs
  8. 08 Monday, 23 April 1945 Stalin Changes The Plan
  9. 10 Wednesday, 25 April 1945 Berlin Is Encircled & The Allies Meet
  10. 11 Thursday, 26 April 1945 The Red Army Takes Tempelhof
  11. 13 Saturday, 28 April 1945 Stalin Redraws The Battlelines
  12. 16 Tuesday, 1 May 1945 The Storming Of The Zitadelle
  13. 17 Wednesday, 2 May 1945 The End Of Nazi Berlin